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G w. DA GE BRTY. SPUOLING MACHINE.

No. 103395. Patented June 7, 1870.

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G. w. DAUGHERTY SPOOLING MACHINE.

' bio/103,995. PatentedJune 7, 1870.

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Letters Patent No. 103,995, dated June 7, 187 0.

IMPROVEMENT IN SPOOLING-MAC'HINES.

W The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ofthe earne- I Be it known that I, GEORGE W. Darzonnnrr, of the city of\Vilmington, in the county of New Castle and State of Delaware, haveinvented a new and improved spooling-llIachin e; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a 'full, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and' operation of the same,

reference being had to the annexed drawing making a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 1s a front view of a machine embodyingmy invention.

Figure 2 is an elevation showing that end of the machine which is at theright hand, in fig. 1.-

Figure 3 is a vertical transverse section, showing those parts of themachine at the left hand of the line Z Z, drawn across fig. 1.

Figure 4 is the side of tlic spool-holder and stand. Figure 5 is a planeview of the spool-holder and stand.

Figure 6 is the finger, with its spring foot.

Figure 7 is the guide or traversing-rail, with gnidepulley and finger,with its spring foot. 4

Nature and Objects of the Invention. The first part of my inventionconsists in a spoolstand so constructed and arranged as to.enable theoperator to raise thespool-holder from the drum or cylinder, and leaveit at rest whenever the broken yarn is to be pieced or the spoolremoved.

The second part of my invention consists of the thread-guide, with atraveling rail, which is worked by a quadrant orcog-wheel, so as tocause a traversing of the bobbin-rail. The thread-guide, being c011-structed with the V-shape, in two pieces, and curved, cuts or shaves theforeign matter incorporated in the yarn, without breaking thethread, andpermits the motes and seeds to drop from it, thereby avoiding Thisguide, being set' in place by a screw, is easily'adjusted to suit anysize of thread. The object of this part of my invention is -to lay thethread evenly upon the spool.

The third part of my invention consists of the combination of a quadrantwith a guide or traverse-rail. The object of this part of my inventionis to give the operator the entire control of the length of sweep orstroke ot'the traverse,- thereby enabling him to adjust his traverse toany required length, the quadrant having this advantage over the wheel,in that, being composed of two pieces, it permits the arm to belengthencd or shortened sufficiently to carry the stroke the distancerequired.

General Description. A is the frame of the machine. I

Bis the d1iving-pulley operating the machine. 0 is the spool-holder,pivoted to and working upon the stand D, which is so constructed andarranged as to receive and hold it at rest by means of a beveled lug, T,and corresponding shoulder U on the holder.

When the operator desires to disengage the spool from the cylinder S,the holder 0 is thrown'at rest by the hand, and operated in no otherway, except when in motion and in contact with the cylinder S. E is thethread-guide, of a sickle-like shape, constructed with two blades, andattached to the traversing rail K by aset-serew, so as to regulate theslit or opening, as shown in the drawing, for the purpose of cleansingor freeing the thread from foreign substances, preventing their passageto the spool, and

turning out a perfect thread. The curved or sickle shape of the guideproduces a shearing-like action,

which readily and at once throws off the foreign substance from theguide, and prevents it becoming choked. In the straight guide theforeign substance rery frequently chokes the slit or opening, and causes2 the thread to break 'not so fiequent while in the shape shown.

in the angular the choking is I know V-shaped guides have beenheretofore used, and I do not claim the V-shape but the alteration ofthe shape of the guide is nota mere change of appearance, but really asubstitute for the original or old-shaped guide.

F is the ordinary bobbin-finger, opera'ed by a spiral spring, G, inplace of the weight ordinarily used.

is the quadrant operating the guide or traversing rail K, and adjustableradially, giving the operator the entire control of the sweep or strokeof the traverse, which the ordinary wheel will not permit.

L is the swift or reel, which may be'attaehed whenever it is desired tospool hank-yarn.

II is the guide for spooling from the swift;

What I claim as my invention is 1. The spool-holder ,0, provided with ashoulder, U, in combination with the stand D, having a beveled lug, T,for the purpose of enabling the spool-holder to be thrown at rest,substantially as and for the pn rposes mentioned.

2. The curved thread-guide E, constructed and operating substantially asand forthe purposes aforesaid.

8. The adjustable segmental rack H, in. combination with the travelingbobbin-rail-K, as and for the purposes described; I

4. The combination with 'the spool-holder G and stand D, thethread-guide E and springedhobbin-finger F, of thequadrant or adjustablesegmental rack H,- cog-whcel traversing bobbin-rail K, and mangle L,constructed, arranged, and working substantially as 1 and for thepurposes hcreinbefore set forth.

GEORGE V. DAUGHER-TY.

Witnesses:

JACOB B..HYATT, JAMns M. WA-rson.

